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last week, an american ambassador visited a city that was home to the entire regime movement. in russia, more than 50 people dead, dozens more missing after a cruise boat sank on the boulder river on sunday. and the ship called bulgaria was carrying more than two passengers. crews have rescued at least 80 people. the ship was overloaded and was in need of repair. one day after the world newspaper printed its final addition, there are no allegations of other newspapers sold by rupert to murdoch. >> the list of possible victim'' is a growing. today brought new revelations that the news of the world abroad to members of the royal protection service to get queen elizabeth's private phone number. if they tried to bribe your police to get access to the phones of 911 victims'. charles and camilla were warned that their voice mail may have been halved. the allegations of illegal hacking now go far beyond the news of the world to other papers owned by rupert murdoch. former prime minister gordon brown says the sunday times gained access to his young sons, the dental medical records and
last week, an american ambassador visited a city that was home to the entire regime movement. in russia, more than 50 people dead, dozens more missing after a cruise boat sank on the boulder river on sunday. and the ship called bulgaria was carrying more than two passengers. crews have rescued at least 80 people. the ship was overloaded and was in need of repair. one day after the world newspaper printed its final addition, there are no allegations of other newspapers sold by rupert to murdoch....
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the american ambassador cable that the soviet mood had become more ominous and that he feared the soviet leaders were prepared to take military action unless a cease-fire was quickly achieved. the staff hastened the president's return by flying him back instead of having an drive to gettysburg. i arrived at the white house until 38:00 p.m. following a short briefing he stormed into the cabinet room where 18 men were waiting. the vice president and the top about the state and the defense department, including the joint chiefs. this was a council of war. the admiral briefed the president. prepared to take readiness for fighting a major war with the soviet union. eisenhower reviewed each step urging careful and deliberate implementation. then the sun broke from behind. the president was informed in the middle of this meeting that the british prime minister was available by phone. eisenhower interrupted a meeting to take the call, and he confirmed in that conversation that he had ordered a cease-fire in egypt. this is a tense conversation and much more detail than i am presenting here. tense
the american ambassador cable that the soviet mood had become more ominous and that he feared the soviet leaders were prepared to take military action unless a cease-fire was quickly achieved. the staff hastened the president's return by flying him back instead of having an drive to gettysburg. i arrived at the white house until 38:00 p.m. following a short briefing he stormed into the cabinet room where 18 men were waiting. the vice president and the top about the state and the defense...
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chip boland the american ambassador cabled that the soviet mood had become more ominous and that he feared that soviet leaders were prepared to take military action against a ceasefire was quickly achieved. the staff hastened the president's returned by applying him back instead of having him drive from gettysburg. ike arrived at the white house at 12:38 pm. following a short briefing, he stowed into the cabinet room were 18 men were waiting. the vice president and the top leadership of both the state and defense departments including the joint chiefs. this was a council of war. admiral ratford briefed the president on the joint chiefs. we're prepared to take readiness for fighting a major war with the soviet union. eisenhower reviewed each step, urging careful and deliberate implementation. then his son broke behind the war clouds and the president was informed in the middle of this meeting that british prime minister anthony was available by phone. eisenhower interrupted the meeting to take the call and he confirmed in the call that eaton had ordered a ceasefire in egypt. this is the ten
chip boland the american ambassador cabled that the soviet mood had become more ominous and that he feared that soviet leaders were prepared to take military action against a ceasefire was quickly achieved. the staff hastened the president's returned by applying him back instead of having him drive from gettysburg. ike arrived at the white house at 12:38 pm. following a short briefing, he stowed into the cabinet room were 18 men were waiting. the vice president and the top leadership of both...
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not all american ambassadors follow the principle in other countries. [laughter] but all pakistan ambassador to do. as far as political rhetoric is concerned, let's be real. this is not the first time it has happened. i thought american political history, isolationism has been a significant sort of intellectual strand, and sometimes not even intellectual, just a political strand in america's history. there are people think we are safe, we are okay. in this era of globalization i think americans have to be very careful in addressing that. the american government spends far more on its military preparedness than it does on diplomacy. diplomacy is supposed to be, foreign aid and everything. diplomacy is the means to avoid war. so, there is something wrong when you spend more on preparing for war, and very little on actually avoiding war. and i think that there is a real disconnect in this country where people who say we are advocates of a strong defense, but not advocates of a strong diplomacy. and all tools of diplomacy. so, without getting into the ameri
not all american ambassadors follow the principle in other countries. [laughter] but all pakistan ambassador to do. as far as political rhetoric is concerned, let's be real. this is not the first time it has happened. i thought american political history, isolationism has been a significant sort of intellectual strand, and sometimes not even intellectual, just a political strand in america's history. there are people think we are safe, we are okay. in this era of globalization i think americans...
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writing it before he was ambassador but a history of american involvement in the middle east and is a very timely to say the least the. >> i am thrilled to be here if they do to the farm policy association what has played such an important role in my bankroll of what i do in what to think the colonel and all cadets who are here from west point. was point* is one of the most inspiring places i have had privileged to go to. every time i go there i am in off of the career these young women and men have chosen i can not start without saying thank you for your service to -- . [applause] nato i believe this increasingly dysfunctional organization. if it continues to go the way it is now it will become rather inconsequential for security of europe and the united states. that is kind of the theme of my book and i also believe however that nato is extremely important in some way house to be redone so let me reveal the mystery of the book reboot or delete?" somebody said will you give away which one it is? i will do that. it is every boot. i think it is terribly important for young people to un
writing it before he was ambassador but a history of american involvement in the middle east and is a very timely to say the least the. >> i am thrilled to be here if they do to the farm policy association what has played such an important role in my bankroll of what i do in what to think the colonel and all cadets who are here from west point. was point* is one of the most inspiring places i have had privileged to go to. every time i go there i am in off of the career these young women...
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the united states has condemned syria for refusing to protect the american and french embassies in damascus from attack by government loyalists. the u.s. state department said mobs assault of both the u.s. embassy compound and the ambassadors residents, but that no staff were injured. progress government demonstrators filled central damascus over the weekend, expressing their anger at the presence of the u.s. and french ambassadors in the city that has been the center of opposition to president al assad. member protests on the streets of sia, this time by supporters of the al assad regime. they took part in a rally against the ambassadors of the u.s. and france. they -- the show support for the democracy movement prompted an angry show from damascus. franz's foreign ministry said the crowds were well organized, while security forces did nothing to stand in the way -- france was a foreign ministry. the u.s. also condemned the day's events. >> it is clear what this is about -- this is about distracting your attention, the press' attention, the world's attention from the real story, which is t
the united states has condemned syria for refusing to protect the american and french embassies in damascus from attack by government loyalists. the u.s. state department said mobs assault of both the u.s. embassy compound and the ambassadors residents, but that no staff were injured. progress government demonstrators filled central damascus over the weekend, expressing their anger at the presence of the u.s. and french ambassadors in the city that has been the center of opposition to president...
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american and french governments at least if they were fully aware of what their ambassadors were doing in a very fluid dynamics tuition on the ground in syria. will expound sons will be back in london's high court today to fight extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning of a sexual assault allegations the australian and his supporters fear that if handed over to swedish authorities it won't be long before he finds himself behind bars in the us or any reports. seven months since today in our souls was released on bail he returns to the high court to appeal his extradition if he fails will be sent to sweden within ten days but many believe his feet won't touch the ground next stop america i think. the worry is that we passed was extradited people to america with a minimum of fuss when they were asked was show us a possible. dog to. water awaits him in the us is this. to be. used a notorious neo conservative group helped the swedish prime minister friedrich reinfeldt win reelection last year and there's another glaring link in the shape of lawyer thomas bloodstream his firm'
american and french governments at least if they were fully aware of what their ambassadors were doing in a very fluid dynamics tuition on the ground in syria. will expound sons will be back in london's high court today to fight extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning of a sexual assault allegations the australian and his supporters fear that if handed over to swedish authorities it won't be long before he finds himself behind bars in the us or any reports. seven months since...
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the attacks follow visits by the american french ambassadors in support of the pro democracy demonstrators. >>> tough words for iran for u.n. secretary of defense, leon panetta. panetta arrived from afghanistan. iran is supplying weapons to extremists in iraq as they prepare to leave the country. panetta says he will not walk away from this challenge and urging iraq to crack down on the insurgents. troops were killed in june. three more in the first ten days of this month. a few hours after panetta spoke with u.s. troops, three rockets landed in the green zone in central baghdad, no casualties. >>> in texas, hundreds of people attended the funeral service today for a man who fell to his death at a texas rangers baseball game. 39-year-old shannon stone will be buried in his hometown of brownwood. a firefighter died thursday after falling 20 feet while trying to catch a ball for his 6-year-old son with him at the game. josh hamilton tossed a foul ball to the stands. he reached for the ball but lost his balance and crashed head first to a score board. the rangers have donated an undisclosed s
the attacks follow visits by the american french ambassadors in support of the pro democracy demonstrators. >>> tough words for iran for u.n. secretary of defense, leon panetta. panetta arrived from afghanistan. iran is supplying weapons to extremists in iraq as they prepare to leave the country. panetta says he will not walk away from this challenge and urging iraq to crack down on the insurgents. troops were killed in june. three more in the first ten days of this month. a few hours...
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here she is showing an interest in african-americans, and she was really the ambassador of the roosevelt administration, two african-americans who were unbelievably discriminated against. this is a picture, 1936, and she is visiting howard university, and the two students on either side are dressed in reserve officer uniforms. now, this picture caused an outcry from segregationists who used it in the south to attack the racial policies of the roosevelt administration. but on the other hand, it made a great hit in the african-american press of the day which would take pictures like this and run them to show that -- here you had a first lady who really was sympathetic to the cause of african-americans. now, she travels all over the country giving speeches. and some of them definitely paid lectures and some were not. often she's accompanied only by one person, that's her trustworthy secretary, melvina thompson. do you see the kind of clothes they wore. they sort of looked matronly. women weren't supposed to try to keep young the way they are today, no matter how old we actually are. they we
here she is showing an interest in african-americans, and she was really the ambassador of the roosevelt administration, two african-americans who were unbelievably discriminated against. this is a picture, 1936, and she is visiting howard university, and the two students on either side are dressed in reserve officer uniforms. now, this picture caused an outcry from segregationists who used it in the south to attack the racial policies of the roosevelt administration. but on the other hand, it...
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. >> um, it never occurred to me you'd mention the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did i'm wondering, isn't this conventional wisdom a little bit mistaken? because i always thought the attitude of ambassador dodd in bear eleven in 1933 -- berlin in many 1933 with whom we did have relations with hitler's germany, but he held the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and so up with could really say the same about lenin's seizure of power. so was this really backward on our part, or was this some fundamental ill legit maasty of the communist regime from the start and not just some ideological envy? >> well, i mean, the fact that we were the last, i think, says something. and be, obviously, the other western powers, we sent troops in to try to put down the -- i'm not an expert on the russian revolution, so there are people here who probably know more, and i'm sure jay does too. but we, the western powers were frightened by the communist threat, and we made efforts to put it down by force
. >> um, it never occurred to me you'd mention the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did i'm wondering, isn't this conventional wisdom a little bit mistaken? because i always thought the attitude of ambassador dodd in bear eleven in 1933 -- berlin in many 1933 with whom we did have relations with hitler's germany, but he held the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and so up with could...
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laughter could all pakistan the ambassadors to. as far as political rhetoric is concerned, let's be real this is not the first time it has happened of the american political history from the sort of isolationism has been a significant sort of intellectual strand and sometimes not even intellectual, just a political strand in america's history people think we are safe, we are okay. but in this era of globalization i think americans have to be very careful in increasing that. the american government spends far more on its military preparedness than on diplomacy. diplomacy is supposed to be the meaning and that includes assistance and foreign aid. diplomacy is the means to avoid the war so their something wrong when you spend more on preparing for the war, and very little on actually avoiding the war, and i fifa there is a disconnect in this country where people say we are advocates of a strong defense but not advocates of a strong diplomacy and all tools of diplomacy so without getting into the american public believes the political
laughter could all pakistan the ambassadors to. as far as political rhetoric is concerned, let's be real this is not the first time it has happened of the american political history from the sort of isolationism has been a significant sort of intellectual strand and sometimes not even intellectual, just a political strand in america's history people think we are safe, we are okay. but in this era of globalization i think americans have to be very careful in increasing that. the american...
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there are 18 american cities in the top 500. >> now let's invite the governor of anhui to make his presentation. >> honorable governor gregoire, ambassador, governors, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends. education concerns the destination of the nation. young people are the future of the world. education and the youth exchange have always been a lively topic of the national governors' association. -- national governors association. thank you for the opportunity to discuss this topic on young people and education. anhui is located in the eastern part of china. it covers 130,000 square kilometers. among the more than 30 provinces in china, we are the most dynamic. the economy has been growing at about 10% for 10 consecutive years. president obama once said that the vacation is the economic issue of our time. -- education is the economic issue of our time. we have 12 million students in school and more than 2000 institutions of higher learning. looking ahead into the future, i can feel they have the task on my shoulder. education concerns the destiny of the country and each and every one of the pe
there are 18 american cities in the top 500. >> now let's invite the governor of anhui to make his presentation. >> honorable governor gregoire, ambassador, governors, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends. education concerns the destination of the nation. young people are the future of the world. education and the youth exchange have always been a lively topic of the national governors' association. -- national governors association. thank you for the opportunity to discuss this topic...
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the two annoying confederate ambassadors had to be released. >> they were scared to death of the british. by 1863, we had 1,000 ships around the american coast. when it came to building the raiders and the alabama and some of the other ships with the poles at the end of them that used to sink ships, the british backed down. >> the raiders with the rams on them. but what is the role that britain played in 1863? it allowed hundreds, if not thousands of blockade runners leave the british coast and invade the ships on the coast. britain had gaps in the first. >> who's they? they pass add law which had any britain to take a loan any shape or form. where there's money to be made, there's a will? confederate sympathizers opened up the dock yards and let them build in secret. >> the alabama was the big one. >> the biggest, the greatest, the best. sunk 64 federal ships. after the war in 1872, britain ended up paying $15 million in gold in reparations for not stopping the alabama from leaving britain shores. >> how close did britain come to intervening and look at what might have happened had they
the two annoying confederate ambassadors had to be released. >> they were scared to death of the british. by 1863, we had 1,000 ships around the american coast. when it came to building the raiders and the alabama and some of the other ships with the poles at the end of them that used to sink ships, the british backed down. >> the raiders with the rams on them. but what is the role that britain played in 1863? it allowed hundreds, if not thousands of blockade runners leave the...